Google Maps, Waze and other map applications can be installed on Apple CarPlay.
Apple CarPlay allows you to use alternative applications such as Waze or Google Maps
The latest cars have compatibility with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, the two platforms for Android and iOS cars. In an unexpected twist during the developer event, Apple announced the arrival of more mapping applications for CarPlay.
This completely opens up the world of CarPlay to many users, since in most parts of the world, if we ignore the USA, Apple Maps is a mapping application with less information than the Apple solution.
Even Google Maps suffers from applications like Waze, specially designed to be used while driving and that allows you to know in advance traffic jams, accidents or problems on your route recalculating in real time another faster route.
With iOS 12 coming up next September, you can use Waze or Google Maps directly on your car dashboard screen. The integration is expected to be exactly the same as Android Auto’s, although these applications will need to be updated.
What is also expected is that with the arrival of this opening, other map applications will arrive at CarPlay, for example, some more local as specific to China.
With this novelty, many users who were thinking of buying a simpler Android just to use Waze or Google Maps will have it easier when choosing the system of connectivity to their car smartphone, a feature that according to the manufacturer, changing it can cost you hundreds of euros.